About Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro Gómez (Spanish: [ɡiˈʝeɾmo ðelˈtoɾo]; born 9 October 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, gothicism, and horror, often blending the genres to infuse visual or poetic beauty into the grotesque. He has had a lifelong fascination with monsters, which he considers symbols of great power. He is known for pioneering dark fantasy in the film industry and using insectile and religious imagery, his themes of Catholicism, and celebrating imperfection, underworld motifs, practical special effects, and dominant amber lighting.
Throughout his career, del Toro has shifted between Spanish-language films—such as Cronos (1993), The Devil's Backbone (2001), and Pan's Labyrinth (2006)—and English-language films, including Mimic (1997), Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004) and its sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army(2008), Pacific Rim (2013), Crimson Peak (2015), The Shape of Water (2017), Nightmare Alley (2021), and Pinocchio (2022).
As a producer or writer, he worked on the films The Orphanage (2007), Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010), The Hobbit film series (2012–2014), Mama (2013), The Book of Life (2014), Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019), and The Witches (2020). In 2022, he created the Netflix anthology horror series Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, featuring a collection of classical horror stories.
With Chuck Hogan, he co-authored The Strain trilogy of novels (2009–2011), which was later adapted into a comic book series (2011–15) and a live-action television series (2014–17). With DreamWorks Animation and Netflix, he created the animated franchise Tales of Arcadia, which includes the series Trollhunters (2016–18), 3Below (2018–19), and Wizards (2020) and the sequel film Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021).
Del Toro is close friends with fellow Mexican filmmakers Alfonso Cuarón and Alejandro G. Iñárritu, collectively known as "The Three Amigos of Mexican Cinema". He has received several awards, including three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Daytime Emmy Award, and a Golden Lion. He was included in Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018, and he received a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019.
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Movie Credits
Guillermo del Toro has appeared in 93 movies.
TV Credits
Guillermo del Toro has appeared in 21 shows.
Production Credits
Crew
Credited for Thanks in 19 shows -
Sólo con tu pareja,
Y Tu Mamá También,
Year of the Nail,
Diary of the Dead,
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist,
District 9,
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,
Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic',
Gravity,
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams,
How to Train Your Dragon 2,
Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead,
The Last Voyage of the Demeter,
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial,
Megalopolis,
The Apprentice,
Disclaimer,
The Monkey and
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.
Credited for Fight Choreographer in 1 show -
Hellboy.
Writing
Credited for Characters in 1 show -
Mimic 2.
Credited for Screenplay in 24 shows -
The Boy in the Iron Box,
The Buried Giant,
Mrs. Lupe,
Cronos,
Mimic,
The Devil's Backbone,
Hellboy,
Pan's Labyrinth,
Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Prologue,
Hellboy II: The Golden Army,
Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Zinco Epilogue,
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark,
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,
Pacific Rim,
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,
The Shape of Water,
Roald Dahl's The Witches,
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans,
Nightmare Alley,
M4's The Hobbit Book Edit,
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio,
Frankenstein and
Frankenstein.
Production
Credited for Executive Producer in 17 shows -
Sira and the Secret of the Park,
Doña Herlinda and Her Son,
Mrs. Lupe,
I Murder Seriously,
The Orphanage,
While She Was Out,
Puss in Boots,
The Captured Bird,
Rise of the Guardians,
Mama,
Una suegra muy norteña,
Kung Fu Panda 3,
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia,
3Below: Tales of Arcadia,
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia,
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities and
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema.
Credited for Producer in 32 shows -
The Boy in the Iron Box,
The Buried Giant,
Fury,
The Bloody Benders,
Scary Stories 2 Tell in the Dark,
The Buried Giant,
Geometry,
Under a Spell,
Crónicas,
Pan's Labyrinth,
Insignificant Things,
Rudo & Cursi,
Rage,
Splice,
Julia's Eyes,
BlackBoxTV Presents,
Biutiful,
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark,
Pacific Rim,
The Book of Life,
The Thin Yellow Line,
Crimson Peak,
The Shape of Water,
Ayotzinapa: The Turtle's Pace,
Pacific Rim: Uprising,
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,
Roald Dahl's The Witches,
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans,
Antlers,
Nightmare Alley,
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio and
Frankenstein.
Credited for Associate Producer in 1 show -
Biutiful.
Directing
Credited for Director in 24 shows -
Fury,
The Buried Giant,
Zanbato,
The Buried Giant,
Mrs. Lupe,
Geometry,
The Marked Hour,
Cronos,
Mimic,
The Devil's Backbone,
Blade II,
Hellboy,
Pan's Labyrinth,
Hellboy II: The Golden Army,
Pacific Rim,
The Strain,
Crimson Peak,
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia,
The Shape of Water,
3Below: Tales of Arcadia,
Nightmare Alley,
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio,
Frankenstein and
Frankenstein.
Credited for First Assistant Director in 1 show -
Obdulia.
Art
Costume & Make-Up
Editing
Credited for Assistant Editor in 1 show -
Mrs. Lupe.
Creator
